The Pirate Ship (aka The Pirate House) was known for its amazing theme parties (e.g. James Bond, Michael Jackson) and gained notoriety for hosting a number of musical acts.

It was originally located at 748 Mulberry Ln. and went by the name the Filthy Whore. Unfortunately, after a number of noise violations and graduating housemates, the Filthy Whore was forced to hoist its anchor and move to a new location in 2005. This new locale was at 616 Anderson Rd. (not too far from their old location). The ship's new location featured a swimming pool and other high-class luxuries (such as an outdoor bar) only afforded to high society playboys like the pirates.

This second location had been a show house in the late '80s (under different ownership, of course), and bands such as the Replacements, Violent Femmes, Meat Puppets, Camper Van Beethoven, Savage Republic, Jeffrey Lee Pierce, and local bands like Thin White Rope, Game Theory, the Avengers, and the Popealopes played there. Thus, the pirates of 2005 started hosting music acts at the house. Unfortunately, the landlord gotten word of the pirates' show website and had heard from the neighbors that the residents were "operating a night club." This resulted in an ultimatum from the landlord and the pirates hence had to agree to no longer host shows or parties. They broke the agreement only on a rare occasion, as a pirate's word is held very highly.